Notes 1840

<​October 22​> The committee appointed by the general conference of the church at on the 3d of October. <​my brother Presiding​> organized a stake at this evening by appointing , President & Walter Cox, his counsellors. Bishops court, , Clark Hulet & Henry Dean, & James Snow clerk,

<​25​> Sunday 25 The committee organized a stake at . The President & council were , Stephen Jones & Bro Benson Bishop & council, B[ruce] Croose -[Bruce]- <​Crouse,​> Azariah Dustin & B. Stodard [Benjamin Stoddard] -[cort]-

<​26 <​27​>​> Tuesday 27. The committee organized a stake called Mount Hope, at the Steem Mills, , President & council. Sherman Gilbert, & , Bishop & council. D. A. Miller Isaac Clark & John Allen. Lincoln <​or Simeon​> J. Comfort Clerk.

at Freedom Branch Near Payson, , & Wm Tenney were appointed to Preside Bishop & council Simeon Leach [Leech], Horra Kimball & ,

<​Novimber 1​> The committee organized a stake called Geneva. Presidnts , Howard S. Smith, & Samuel Fowler. Bishops court Gardner Clark, Moses Clare & David Orton.

<​5​> The Committee organized a branch of the church at Presidents Edwin P. Merriam, , & Arnold Stephens, Bishops court, , Henry Stephens, & Jonathan Palmer. Clerk .—

Nov 21, 1841 “I have been searching all my life to find a man after my own heart. <​in all things​> whom I could trust with my business in all things <​in all things​>, & I have found him Doct. is the man. [p. [1]]